OPERAS AND MUSICAL COMEDIES.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1946. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 607 pgs. index. Covers grand opera and light opera from around the world with synopses and descriptions. Most of the gilt on cover is gone. More
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PREHISTORIC WEAPONS IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Santa Fe, NM: Museum of NM Press, 1965. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 26 pgs, b&w illustrations. Early weapons and their use. More
MARCY & THE GOLD SEEKERS; TheJournal of Captain R.B. Marcy, with an Account of the Gold Rush over the Southern Route.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. Second printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2, 433 pgs, index, fold-out map, b&w photos.The story of caravans of emigrants moving across two thousands miles of arid prairie to the gold fields of California. More
THE JOURNEY OF THE FLAME.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1933. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 295 pgs, b&w illustrations, mapped endsheets. An account of one year in the life of senor Don Juan Obrigon known during past years in the Three Californias as Juan Colorado and to the Indiada of the same as The Flame. Born..... More
PEDRO MARTINEZ.; A Mexican Peasant and His Family.
New York: Random House, 1964. First printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 507 pgs, b&w illustrations. An anthropological study of Mexico and its people. Wonderful prints. More
NOTES ON WESTERN RANGE FORBS; Equisetaceae through Fumariaceae
Washington DC: US Department of Agriculture, 1960. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 254 pgs, b&w illustsrations throughout. Agriculture Handbook No. 161. The genera and species annotated for the various families of range weeds included here were selected on the basis of importance (for grazing, as poisonous plants, etc.); interest (peculiarities, miscellaneous..... More
OLD SPAIN IN OUR SOUTHWEST.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1936. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 192 pgs, b&w illustrations, decorated endsheets. Folkloric history, songs and stories of the old southwest. More
ROADSIDE FLOWERS OF TEXAS.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 295 pgs, index, large section of beautiful color illustrations, map, b&w illustrations. A beautiful and handy guide to wildflowers in Texas. More
SONORA; A Description of the Province
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 10 1/2, 329 pgs, index. A geographical, historical and ethnographic description of Sonora, Mexico, as written by an eighteenth-century German Jesuit who spent eleven years as a missionary among the Pima, Opata, and Eudeve Indians. More
HEALING HERBS OF THE UPPER RIO GRANDE.
Los Angeles: Southwest Museum, 1974. Second printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 285 pgs, b&w photos, b&w illustrations and drawings. An interesting old work on herbalism in New Mexico. More
WILD BILL HICKOCK.; The Prince of Pistoleers.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 304 pgs, a few b&w photos. Wonderful early biography of the famous western personality. More
CHIHUAHUA; Storehouse of Storms
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 360 pgs, index, biblio. A history of Mexico's northern state, from pre-Columbian times through the Spanish centuries, the Revolution, and the present. Includes a letter and magazine article related to subject. More
LAMY OF SANTA FE.; His Life and Times.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, index, notes, sections of b&w historical photos. From his life in France until 1839 to America, the midwest, Santa Fe, Taos, the Desert Diocese, Arizona, as Archbishop and more up to his death. Inscribed and signed..... More
THE MISSIONS OF NEW MEXIC9, 1776.; A Description with other Contemporary Documents.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8 x 11, 387 pgs, index, glossary, b&w illustrations, tipped-in color frontispiece. One of the most significant books about the Spanish Colonial period, especially that of the 18th Century. More
THEY "KNEW" BILLY THE KID.; Interviews with Old-Time New Mexicans.
Santa Fe, NM: Ancient City Press, 1987. First edition. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, 126 pgs, index, b&w photos. A nice collection of the valuable Billy the Kid reminiscences, legends, songs, and anecdotes collected from old-time New Mexicans in the late 1930s by workers on the WPA Federal Writers'..... More
THE CENTURIES OF SANTA FE.
New York: Dutton, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 363 pgs, index, biblio, endsheets decorated with maps. A chronicle of three stirring centuries of social change, from the days when Santa Fe was Spain's northernmost capital. Inscribed and signed by the author. Horgan memorabilia glued in on..... More
THE FABULOUS FRONTIER.; Twelve New Mexico Items.
Santa Fe, NM: The Rydal Press, 1946. Second printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 339 pgs, b&w historic photos, mapped endsheets. A New Mexico classic: John S. Chisum, Pat Garrett, Thomas Catron, James Hagerman, Albert Bacon Fall, Albert Fountain, Oliver Lee, Charles Eddy, William Hawkins and more. Lots of history! More
MONEY ON THE HOOF - SOMETIMES.
Ft. Collins, CO: Old Army Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 115 pgs, b&w historical photos, introduction by Ben K. Green. Discusses the livestock marketing industry in the North Central Texas Area, with special attention to the developing of the Fort Worth Stock Yards and packing..... More
SIX-GUNS AND SADDLE LEATHER.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 426 pgs, index. a bibliography of books and pamphlets on Western outlaws and gunmen. More
NO LIFE FOR A LADY.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. First printing. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 356 pgs, mapped endsheets. Very readable, humorous and insightful classic of ranch life in New Mexico, 1880's to 1930's, including grizzly hunts with Montague Stevens and insights on the homestead period of Catron County. Letter from Cleaveland to from..... More
A PATHFINDER IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 298 pgs, index, b&w photos & drawings, fold-out map. The itinerary of Lieutenant A. W. Whipple during his explorations for a railway route from Fort Smith to Los Angeles in the years 1853 & 1854. More
THE REDISCOVERY OF NEW MEXICO, 1580-1594.
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1966. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 341 pgs, index. The explorations of Chamuscado, Espejo, Cantano de Sosa, Morlete, and Leyva de Bonilla and Humana. More
C.L. SONNICHSEN.; Grassroots Historian.
El Paso, TX: Texas Western Press, 1972. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 99 pgs, b&w photos. Biography and bibliography of Sonnichsen. One of the "Southwestern Studies" monographs. More
GREEN MEDICINE.; The Search for Plants that Heal...
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, 1964. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 462 pgs, b&w photos. On-the-scenes accounts of botanical investigations from remote rain forests to gleaming laboratories; true tales of discoveries that resulted in some of our most vital medicines. More
SOUTHWESTERN BOOK TRAILS.
Albuquerque, NM: Horn & Wallace, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 91 pgs, index. A reader's guide to the heartland of New Mexico and Arizona; a book about books about places and people. A great guide for reading collecting books about the Southwest. Signed by the author. More